Video: 'Celebrating dad'
(Sunday, June 19, 1910) — Father’s Day was celebrated for the first time in the United States today at the YMCA in Spokane, Washington. Continue reading First ‘Father’s Day’ in United States celebrated in Spokane 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 19 1910)
Video: 'Roosevelt' (first two videos cover TR's New York City homecoming)
(Saturday, June 18, 1910, 11:10 a.m. local time) — The first “ticker tape parade” was held today in New York City as former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was welcomed back to the United States after being overseas in Africa and Europe for more than a year. Continue reading New York City throws ‘ticker tape parade’ for former President Theodore Roosevelt 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 18 1910)
(Thursday, April 14, 1910, afternoon local time) — William H. Taft began the tradition of the President of the United States throwing the ceremonial “first pitch” to open the professional baseball season today at Boundary Field, also known as American League Park II and National Park, just outside what was then the city limit of Washington. Continue reading Taft becomes first POTUS to throw Opening Day ceremonial ‘first pitch’ 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 14 1910)
Video: 'The Great War episode 8 War Without End' (treaty defeated at 11:01)
(Wednesday, November 19, 1919, 11:10 p.m. EST) — The U.S. Senate adjourned tonight after rejecting the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers, known at the time as the Great War (and later as World War I), by a vote of 55 in favor, 39 against, just short of the two-thirds majority needed for ratification.
The treaty required Germany to disarm, make ample territorial concessions, and pay reparations to certain countries that had formed the Entente power. It also called for the formation of a League of Nations to guarantee the political independence and territorial integrity of all states.
After the Versailles conference, President Woodrow Wilson claimed that “at last the world knows America as the savior of the world!” However, the Republican Party, led by Henry Cabot Lodge, controlled the Senate after the election of 1918.
Wilson launched a speaking tour across the nation in the summer of 1919 to pressure the Senate to approve the treaty, but he suffered a serious stroke that effectively ruined his leadership skills. That and his refusal to compromise made it impossible to build a two-thirds coalition that was needed to pass a treaty.
The Senate would reconsider the treaty once more, with reservations, on March 19, 1920. That vote, 49-35, fell seven votes short of the required two-thirds majority.
Video: 'Prohibition in the United States: National Ban of Alcohol'
(Tuesday, October 28, 1919, afternoon EST) — The U.S. Congress today passed the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, enforcing the constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of alcoholic beverages. Continue reading Congress passes Volstead Act to enforce prohibition of intoxicating liquors 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 28 1919)
Video: 'In Search Of History - World Series Fix! The Black Sox Scandal (History Channel Documentary)' (Oct. 9, 1919, at 23:32)
(Thursday, October 9, 1919, 4:27 p.m. CDT) — The Cincinnati Reds won the 1919 World Series, defeating the Chicago White Sox 10-5 today at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Continue reading Reds defeat White Sox in World Series clouded by Black Sox Scandal 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 9 1919)
Video: '2nd October 1919: US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke while in office'
(Thursday, October 2, 1919, about 8:30 a.m. EDT) — U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a serious stroke today at the White House that left him paralyzed on his left side and with only partial vision in the right eye. Continue reading President Wilson suffers serious stroke at White House 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 2 1919)
Video: 'The Treaty of Versailles' (June 28, 1919, at 52:32)
(Saturday, June 28, 1919, 3:12 p.m. Western European Summer Time) — The Treaty of Versailles was signed today in France, formally ending the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers known at the time as the Great War (and later as World War I). Continue reading Treaty of Versailles is signed, formally ending World War I 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 28 1919)
Video: '13th April 1919: British troops commit the Amritsar Massacre'
(Sunday, April 13, 1919, 5:37 p.m. India Standard Time; during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre) — British Indian Army soldiers under Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer, the military commander of Amritsar, opened fire at an unarmed gathering of men, women and children today in the Jallianwala Bagh (garden) near the Golden Temple in northwestern British India. Continue reading British Indian Army soldiers open fire on thousands of civilians in Amritsar 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 13 1919)
Video: '#26 Theodore Roosevelt'
(Monday, January 6, 1919, between 4:00 and 4:15 a.m. local time) — Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States (1901-1909) and the 25th Vice President of the United States under President William McKinley (1901), died today in his sleep at his home near Oyster Bay, New York, after a blood clot had detached from a vein and traveled to his lungs. Continue reading Former POTUS Theodore Roosevelt dies 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 6 1919)
